Shoot-n-Share is a documentary about the production, interpretation and imagination of mobile images. By means of the eyes and cameras of the various protagonists, from the elderly Mr. Been to the 16-year-old duo Thom and Osama, the documentary provides insight into mobile photography and filming.
The documentary is a play with form and content, whereby the makers themselves also cannot escape from the mobile cameras of the protagonists. What is clear among other things is that the moderate quality of mobile images does not diminish the experience of shooting and sharing. More to the point: the material that the protagonists made themselves with the mobile fulfils, alongside a lot of mobile material from YouTube, a prominent role in the
documentary.
Shoot-n-Share aims to be a platform for the makers and their mobile images and at the same time offers context to the stream of images that are circulating on the web. It is watching ways of perceiving, speaking in a language that is presently developing at lightening speed.
I shoot, therefore I sense; I share, therefore I am!
Shoot-n-Share is the debut of Lieke van Pruijssen and Bieke Versloot and had its premiere on 11 April 2008 in Groningen at the first Dutch Mobile Film Festival: Viva la Focus!
Shoot-n-Share was made possible by Stichting Volkskracht.
Info: shootandshare@gmail.com
For more mobile material check:
YouTube-accounts osama017 (http://www.youtube.com/user/osama017)
and jump266 (http://www.youtube.com/user/jump266)
The documentary is a play with form and content, whereby the makers themselves also cannot escape from the mobile cameras of the protagonists. What is clear among other things is that the moderate quality of mobile images does not diminish the experience of shooting and sharing. More to the point: the material that the protagonists made themselves with the mobile fulfils, alongside a lot of mobile material from YouTube, a prominent role in the
documentary.
Shoot-n-Share aims to be a platform for the makers and their mobile images and at the same time offers context to the stream of images that are circulating on the web. It is watching ways of perceiving, speaking in a language that is presently developing at lightening speed.
I shoot, therefore I sense; I share, therefore I am!
Shoot-n-Share is the debut of Lieke van Pruijssen and Bieke Versloot and had its premiere on 11 April 2008 in Groningen at the first Dutch Mobile Film Festival: Viva la Focus!
Shoot-n-Share was made possible by Stichting Volkskracht.
Info: shootandshare@gmail.com
For more mobile material check:
YouTube-accounts osama017 (http://www.youtube.com/user/osama017)
and jump266 (http://www.youtube.com/user/jump266)
Reviews
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Shoot-n-Share
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November 2, 2010
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We've started a new filmproject 'Niemandsland'. It's about the life and adventures of one of the protagonists of ShootnShare: Osama. Visit the projectwebsite on www.niemandslanddoc.com!
Reviewer:
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May 31, 2010
Subject: Shoot-n-Share: Mobile phone photography and videography
Subject: Shoot-n-Share: Mobile phone photography and videography
The documentary ”Shoot-n-Share” by Lieke van Pruijssen and Bieke Versloot encapsulates well the prominence of mobile phone photography and video recording. When the camera is incorporated into a mobile phone, it becomes ubiquitous, a true pervasive extension of the eye. In the documentary, both Osama and Thom, and Hans, seem to experience many occurrences in the everyday first and foremost through the lens. They are constantly holding a camera or a camera phone. Of course, this is nothing totally new, but nowadays “chronic” photography is more convenient and popular than ever before, as the camera in the phone follows practically everywhere. Shooting pictures is a way of being.
The camera phone can also democratize photography. Due to the rapid increase in the number of mobile phones with cameras, photography might become a widespread and common activity also among the people in the less developed world. For many people living in developing countries, the first experience of taking pictures is likely to be on a camera phone.
The camera phone is not reserved for special moments, as has been the case for most personal photography before. Photography has turned more into photographic observation, capturing the exceptions in the everyday. As Hans noted, “Small things that you suddenly notice”.
Mobile phone photography and videography can also be about building a visual database. And not just a personal database, but one which is shared. This database can be distributed by publishing or broadcasting, on Facebook, Hives, YouTube etc. In the documentary, Annemarie reflects much on sharing. Also Thom and Osama are ardent broadcasters of their videos on YouTube, although they do not much ponder on this in the documentary. By contrast, Hans and Mr. Been do not seem to have a need for online sharing of their photographs or videos. Thus, for them the sole utility of the camera phone is in its ubiquity, not the communicative elements brought about by the phone. It is about shoot, not share.
In fact, the phone in the camera phone can be a disruptive and unwanted element. In the scene in the WTC car park, the act of shooting is spoiled by the phone itself, when a call interrupts the take. The other one then comments, “I am glad nobody is phoning me”.
The documentary ”Shoot-n-Share” illustrates in a very interesting way the emerging practices brought about by camera phones and their pervasive and ubiquitous nature. The documentary provides quite telling extracts of the use of a mobile phone for visual communication. Yet, one has to bear in mind that the people portrayed in the film are probably more photographically and videographically oriented than the population in general; the great majority still uses their camera phones predominantly for verbal communication.
The camera phone can also democratize photography. Due to the rapid increase in the number of mobile phones with cameras, photography might become a widespread and common activity also among the people in the less developed world. For many people living in developing countries, the first experience of taking pictures is likely to be on a camera phone.
The camera phone is not reserved for special moments, as has been the case for most personal photography before. Photography has turned more into photographic observation, capturing the exceptions in the everyday. As Hans noted, “Small things that you suddenly notice”.
Mobile phone photography and videography can also be about building a visual database. And not just a personal database, but one which is shared. This database can be distributed by publishing or broadcasting, on Facebook, Hives, YouTube etc. In the documentary, Annemarie reflects much on sharing. Also Thom and Osama are ardent broadcasters of their videos on YouTube, although they do not much ponder on this in the documentary. By contrast, Hans and Mr. Been do not seem to have a need for online sharing of their photographs or videos. Thus, for them the sole utility of the camera phone is in its ubiquity, not the communicative elements brought about by the phone. It is about shoot, not share.
In fact, the phone in the camera phone can be a disruptive and unwanted element. In the scene in the WTC car park, the act of shooting is spoiled by the phone itself, when a call interrupts the take. The other one then comments, “I am glad nobody is phoning me”.
The documentary ”Shoot-n-Share” illustrates in a very interesting way the emerging practices brought about by camera phones and their pervasive and ubiquitous nature. The documentary provides quite telling extracts of the use of a mobile phone for visual communication. Yet, one has to bear in mind that the people portrayed in the film are probably more photographically and videographically oriented than the population in general; the great majority still uses their camera phones predominantly for verbal communication.
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September 9, 2009
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September 7, 2009
Subject: Shoot-n-Share: a mobile phone documentary
Subject: Shoot-n-Share: a mobile phone documentary
Shoot-n- Share is a documentary made by two young students at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Lieke van Pruijssen and Bieke Versloot. It is a film about the relation five inhabitants of Rotterdam have with their mobile phone. More specifically: how they use the camera on their mobile phone. The film was shown a while ago at a filmfestival in Groningen, and in Rotterdam April 28, 2008.
The film is a mixture of documentary following a number of ‘Rotterdammers’ an their mobile cam use as well and interviewing the, as well as a showcase of the mobile phone movies and photographs itself that are made by them. This is done quite ingeniously, by blending the two together in such a way that you get a good view both from the ‘real life’ perspective and the ‘virtual media-perspective.
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The film is a mixture of documentary following a number of ‘Rotterdammers’ an their mobile cam use as well and interviewing the, as well as a showcase of the mobile phone movies and photographs itself that are made by them. This is done quite ingeniously, by blending the two together in such a way that you get a good view both from the ‘real life’ perspective and the ‘virtual media-perspective.
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